cables are not easy to cut. >> some people consider it vandalism. we are leaving everything open from vandalism to possible domestic terrorism. >> reporter: the fbi joined local and state officials in this investigation. this tower is part of a group in the bay area to transmit just about anything you can think of, television and internet signals as well as emergency radio dispatch communications. but park police don't believe public safety was compromised. >> it's one of many that in the public safety world if one goes down, there are other towers that can come up. so in this event, there was never a loss of public safety services. >> reporter: because so many people rely on this tower, there was a steady stream of workers from government agencies and private companies going up and down the hill to assess the damage and try to figure out how to reestablish their signals. they are waiting on a crane to arrive to begin the extensive project. >> it's either somebody that was out specifically to vandalize property or somebody

with a very specific intent to cause harm to communications. >> reporter: and the cost of this damage is expected to be about a million dollars. and the it's not only these government entities and these companies that are being inconvenienced but also people in san ramon valley don't have internet service and won't get it until these companies figure out how to restore it without this tower. in san ramon, ann notarangelo, kpix 5. >> this is just the latest attack on communications infrastructure in the bay area. april 16th, somebody lifted heavy manhole covers in two places on monterey highway south of san jose cutting the underground at&t fiberoptic cables. 15 minutes later up the road somebody shot up a pg&e substation with a high-powered rifle. hero or traitor? the verdict in the bradley manning trial leaves that question wide open for debate. a military judge found the army private first class not guilty of aiding the enemy when he

handed over troves of secret government documents to wikileaks. that charge could have put him away for life. but the soldier is not out of the line of fire. ken bastida is live with mobile5 at powell and market where manning supporters are gathering. >> reporter: that's right, elizabeth. in fact, they're here already at the plaza a very vocal group and there's no question that here in san francisco in the bay area, private manning definitely has his supporters. as you say, some people classify him as a traitor. others say he is a hero. this is a case definitely that will have long ramifications for anyone who releases sensitive information on the internet. reporter: army private first class bradley manning arrived in court today and dodged a big bullet. a military judge found him not guilty of aiding the enemy. the most serious of the charges he faced. >> the smartest thing that manning did was waiving a jury and going before a single

judge. >> reporter: but in her verdict, colonel denise lind found that manning was guilty of 19 of the other 20 criminal counts. manning faces up to 136 years in prison. even so -- >> the likelihood is that the amount of time he might serve maybe he will serve 20 years. >> reporter: peter keane is the dean emeritus at golden gate law school. he was convicted of multiple counts of violating the espionage act and that may have a chilling effect on whistle- blowers. >> the message that this sends to whistle-blowers who might have very good patriotic intent that the government of the united states is doing something wrong and the people of the united states should know about it the message that it sends to those kinds of whistle-blowers is that you better not do that or you'll wind up in prison for years like bradley manning. >> reporter: the judge may have issued her verdict but for many

in the community manning is still a hero. >> if people like bradley can't stand up and tell us what our government is doing when it's wrong ostensibly, then we're in a lot of trouble. >> reporter: a lot of money was raced for bradley manning's defense. one is jeff paterson. $1.4million was raised to keep the private out of jail. as it turns out, he is convicted of 20 of the 22 counts against him. but you say this is a success. >> the judge agreed bradley manning is not a traitor didn't intend to aid the enemy. he is a whistle-blower in every sense of the world and with that money, we were able to change the public discuss from bradley manning traitor into a real discussion of how heroic he was in giving the information that we the people needed to have to make intelligent decisions on our foreign policy. >> reporter: how dangerous is

that, though, if somebody releases classified information and potentially the enemies get it. how can we allow that, especially from our service people? >> reporter: just depends on what information we're talking about. -- >> in this case bradley manning gave us historical documents to let us retrospectively evaluate what we did in afghanistan and iraq and whether that's correct foreign policy for our nation going forward. >> reporter: thank you, jeff. so there's the ultimate question. do you agree with the wikileaks side of things, let everything go, and let the people decide, or do you take the government's side, classified and we can't let it get into the wrong hands? i'm ken bastida in san francisco, kpix 5. the government is about to spill a few more secrets of its own by declassifying more n sa surveillance programs. a senior u.s. official says the information includes white

papers on the programs as well as previously undisclosed information about the foreign intelligence surveillance court. it's all part of a deliberate effort to declassify additional information in the wake of the leaks by edward snowden. with each day the pressure builds on both sides aand commuters in the bart contract talks. you check the calendar there's only five more days until a strike deadline that could leave commuters stranded again. kpix 5's ryan takeo shows us no deal today, the sides still far apart. ryan. >> reporter: allen, for the first time in a long time we are getting some concrete numbers. bart is offering an 8% raise for union workers. but those workers want a 20% raise. reporter: >> i wanted to start off with a really simple number. >> reporter: bart made a big move in revealing the numbers that are keeping both sides apart. >> because i think it's very reflective of how much we've moved. >> reporter: on one side the district's latest proposal offers an 8% raise over 4 years asking workers to pay 5% into pensions and 10% of their

healthcare premium costs. >> our very first proposal represented $140 million takeback from employees. and where we're at today represents a $33 million giveback to employees. >> first of all, let me say that we are a little dismayed but not surprised by the continued inaccuracies that are coming from the district. >> reporter: the unions are asking for more than a 13% raise over three years plus a 2% cost of living adjustment to keep up with bay area inflation. and they argue what workers pay into healthcare and pensions will negate any raises. >> when in fact that 2% pay increase per year results in either a netzero or something less for our members. >> reporter: they say it's a net loss. >> that's incorrect. right now where this proposal stands and that includes all the contributions we're asking it's a net increase of 1% per employee per year. >> reporter: what seemed more upsetting to the unions is that bart is even talking about the numbers. >> we have been under gag order that they have continually violated. >> really, we wanted to let the

public know we're only days away from the deadline and we want them to know exactly where we stood. >> reporter: both sides continue the back and forth battle. no matter how you add it up, the numbers are still far apart. one agreement both sides can agree on anyway is that they do not want another strike. and they do think that they can work this out before the sunday deadline, allen. >> i think ryan what people are thinking if they have to commute is am i going to have more options this time around? >> reporter: no. ferry, rail, buses, they are going to be the same options that mtc had last time. it's going to be the same thing this time and mtc says they can cover about 25% of the bart daily ridership about the same as last time around. >> okay. ryan, thanks. a live look from mount vaca at that thick blanket of haze in the area. paul deanno has why it's hanging around. >> blame oregon for all of this. if you were outside today and

you got the sunshine, most of us did today, it wasn't blue sky, you should be able to see dab grab this picture but you can't because of the haze out there, you should be able to see mount diablo. we have the douglas fire in douglas county southern oregon close to roseburg. other mid-level winds are blowing from north to south. so even though we have an onshore flow at the surface, all the smoke is making a hundreds of miles trip from southern oregon to the bay area so it's been hazy all afternoon. it leads to amazing sunsets so about 7:30 tonight grab the camera go outside you will get some great sunsets courtesy of the smoke that's in the sky and will be once again tomorrow. more on our local forecast coming up in 10 minutes. an emotional homecoming in san jose for one family today. >> they waited 6 decades to welcome home the remains of their american soldier. ♪[ music ] >> sergeant first class joseph

steinberg's coffin touched down on u.s. soil as you hear the sound of bagpipes. there were tears and this motorcycle honor guard. steinberg died as a prisoner of war in north korea in 1951. he grew up in the mission district in san francisco. thanks to dna testing, he is back on familiar ground. >> the caseworkers came on and said it's a positive id, i just started crying. i mean, what else -- who could imagine that would happen? i couldn't. >> sergeant steinberg will be laid to rest with full military honors at golden gate national cemetery on thursday alongside his three veteran brothers. an out-of-control car slams into a busy daycare center and police say there was no one behind the wheel. >> an inmate finds a window of opportunity and runs right out the front door of the jail. >> and looking to avoid all those san francisco parking ticket pitfalls? there's an app for that. ,,,,,,

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two of the kids were pinned under one of the veh a scary accident in kansas city. two cars crashing into a daycare center injuring three children. take a look at this. two of the kids were pinned under one of the vehicles. but their injuries are not life- threatening. police say it's unclear what caused the wreck. but they believe a range rover hit a parked cadillac and pushed it into the building. approximately 40 children were inside the daycare at the time. investigators want to know what caused a propane facility in central florida to erupt into flames. several workers were critically hurt in last night's fiery explosions at the blue rhino propane plant in tavares. there are about 53,000 tanks at the plant at the time of the explosions. and by the way, it was an unforgettable first night on the job for one guy. >> i just kind of got up and just ran. and it just kept going off. it looked like -- like -- like missiles of cylinders flying everywhere.

>> about two dozen workers were on the job when the violent firestorm broke out. fire officials say the possible causes for the accident include equipment malfunction and, of course, human error. investigators do not suspect sabotage. locked in a jail cell and forgotten for days. >> he screamed hundreds of times for help. >> i did what i had to do. >> what this california college student was forced to do just resulted in a multi-million dollar settlement. >> busted. a package thief caught on tape sending his toddler to do the dirty work. >> don't you hate it when other drivers don't wait their turn in traffic? what one bay area county may do to cut off freeway jumpers. ,,

you dodge those pesky parki tickets. sue k a woman takes a credit bureau to court and wins millions and a new app promises to help you dodge pesky parking tickets. sue kwon is on the consumerwatch. reporter: want to avoid parking tickets in san francisco? >> you are in a street sweeping zone. >> reporter: there's an app for that. it's called ticks alert and it just launched in san francisco. it keeps you informed about the location of your car and tells you when you're in danger of

getting a ticket like when your meter expires. it uses gps to monitor your car and references it against a database containing parking zone changes and gives you the quickest route back to the car if you need to get back to pay the meter. >> over years i paid so many citations it's the best way to avoid them. >> reporter: prepaid cards are the rage so it's time to rank the best and worst. the winner is american express' bluebird prepaid card based on convenience, low fees and how well the fees are disclosed. h & r block emerald paid mastercard and green dot rounds out the top free. prepaid cards are just like debit cards but not tied to traditional bank accounts. and finally, this story is for anyone who has ever battled inaccuracies in their credit report. $18.6million that's how muchic request fax is going to have to -- equifax is going to pay to

an oregon woman who found errors on her credit report. she asked eight times to have the problems fixed. her reputation suffered and she couldn't get loans. equifax will appeal the verdict. an estimated one out of every five credit reports contains errors. now if you have a consumer issue to resolve, call us at 888-5-helps-u. on the consumerwatch, sue kwon, kpix 5. the uc-san diego student locked up and forgotten about for four days will get $4 million. it happened in april last year. daniel chong was left in a windowless interrogation room by federal drug agents without food and water. he said he did whatever he had to do to survive. >> i did what i had to do to survive. i had to -- i [ indiscernible ] >> the 23-year-old was incoherent and suffering from kidney failure when he was found. chong was at a friend's house during a drug raid but was never charged with anything. an inmate in arkansas had a

much easier time getting out of jail. he ran out the front door. surveillance cameras saw the whole thing. you can see the man talking on the phone. he suddenly bolts through a reception window. a deputy was hot on his heels but too fast, the guy bolted out the door to the parking lot where a getaway driver was waiting. they are still on the loose. a father who didn't know why his son didn't show up for work used an iphone app that led him to a shocking scene. this is what the man found, debris, tire tracks and worst of all his son's pickup truck split in two. chris mcewan's father used an iphone app tracking app to find the location along folsom lake crossing near sacramento's. police say chris was behind the wheel when his truck plunged at least 150 feet down a cliff bouncing and slipping all the way down. >> from what i seen of that truck, which is nothing left, yeah, i'm amazed. it almost hit the gas tank they had down there or something and the lady here said if he would

have hit that the place would have blown up. >> construction workers working close by helped chris out of the truck and get him to the hospital. now, chris is amazingly critical but stable condition. it's kind of like cutting in line but it's done on bay area freeways. they call it freeway jumping. today marin county supervisors stepping in to stop the problem. marinwood residents say too many commuters heading southbound on 101 get off at miller creek road. well, then they drive along neighborhood streets but hop right back on the freeway. they say it's a safety hazard and slows down local traffic. >> i think it's a psychological thing. they just want to feel that they're moving. and getting somewhere. >> they are taking like a little shortcut. they sort of get off, they scoot along and then get back on the freeway. i think they are basically cutting in line. >> there's a proposed law that would prohibit u-turns at several key intersections and a

public hearing likely to happen one week from today. >> so frustrating. you have to pack your patience. >> you don't have the cloverleafs. just invites the people to get there. you don't but they really have to get there. they need to get there quicker than you do, right? a peek outside right now. tell you what we have kind of a rush of air coming from north to south and even though we have an onshore flow right at the surface keeping us chilly and cloudy, when the sun came out you were left with this. this is our mount vaca cam where hi-def doppler is located. this is not the vantage point we have from our house because you're looking up through all that smoke that you see and the view of mount diablo you can barely make it out from our dublin cam. yes, it's sunny but it is hazy and smoky sunshine outside. temperatures up a degree or two inland. concord at 76 right now. livermore 82. san jose currently 74. santa rosa 72. san francisco 62. and oakland 64. speaking of the city, you have not been above 70 degrees since july 4th and each of the past five days is anywhere from

about 3 to 6 degrees below average including today's high of only 62 degrees. we're talking weather tomorrow night on facebook. stop by my facebook page, paul deanno kpix 5, tomorrow from 7 to 8:00 any of your weather questions i will be there to answer them. we're going to talk about the forecast for august and beyond, as well. the first couple of days of august, which starts later this week, will feature that persistent onshore flow. we'll still have the haze in the sky and temperatures will be kept down because of a low pressure area to our north as it's stronger the onshore flow stronger. as we head toward the weekend though it's going to move inland and be weaker allowing high pressure to exert an influence. we'll have a warming trend that will take five or six days to get back to normal on the weekend. milder starting friday but lots of morning clouds, lots of morning fog each of the next several days. look at livermore, average high 88. tomorrow only 80. san jose 7 degrees below average with a high of 76. los altos 75. upper 60s for fremont, union

city and hayward, lots of morning fog. antioch 79, napa 76. mill valley 74. in the city tomorrow lots of clouds, some afternoon sunshine, hazy, low 60s for you and 91 tomorrow for clearlake. extended forecast, kind of hanging out with this morning fog through thursday a little sunnier on friday and milder. we'll turn it up a notch again on sunday and maybe a degree or two next week. all of this just a long drawn- out struggle to get back to average because average is the upper 80s away from the water and we won't get there until next monday. >> it's summer. we're supposed to see the sun. >> that sun last night at sunset was so red, it was incredible. >> beautiful sunsets thanks to that smoke from oregon. >> that's the good part. >> yeah. >> thanks. this news may be difficult for bay area baseball fans to swallow. the giants could be the ones fearing the beard now. their arch nemesis the dodgers have reportedly signed pitcher brian wilson to a minor league deal. wilson known as the beard played an integral role in the giants' 2010 world series title

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>> schieffer: supporters call him a whistle blower. ffergovernment calls him a traitor. privght private bradley manning is found guilty of espionage but he was cleared of the most crious charge: aiding the enemy. david martin on what's next for the soldier who gave up some of serica's biggest secrets. explosions rock a propane gas plant in central florida. there are injuries. lall have the latest on the investigation. what's killing fish by the thousands in the gulf of mexico? chip reid takes us to the dead zone. and lucy and desi as few amember them. ren crawford on a project to preserve tv history. >> that was wonderful. you're great. >> that was captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbsni